RUBINSTEIN, Anton Grigor'yevich - Composers

Found CDs: 82

Composer: RUBINSTEIN, Anton Grigor'yevich ((1829-1894))

His/her music: (contribution by Phil King <philking
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Significant Works: 20 operas, including Der Demon; 5 piano concertos; 6 Symphonies, including "Ocean" (the most successful symphonic work of the later 19th century); many vocal, chamber, piano and instrumental solo, choral, and other various works pertaining to every aspect of composition.

His/her life: After early studies with his mother he studied piano in St. Petersberg with Villoing, then composition with Dehn in Vienna. Rubinstein embarked upon a concert career that covered his entire life making him famous on three continents, including a sucessful tour in America. He was regarded as the greatest pianist after Liszt, some critics even placing him above Liszt. Aside from his concert career, Rubinstein was the first truly professional musician from Russia, and established the first organized education for music in his country which is what the current Russian tradition is built upon. He established Russia's first conservatoire (St. Petersburg), and in the capacity of its director and composition instructor, instructed none other than Tchaikovsky in compostion and theoretical analysis. His compositions have suffered neglect since his death for several reasons. He was a jew by birth (though converted) at a time when anti-semetism was prevelent in musical circles in Europe. He was also a throw-back as far a
Famous Quote: "To the Germans I am a Russian, to the Russians a German; to the Christian I am a jew, to the jews a Christians; to the Classicist I am a Wagnerite, to the Wagnerites a reactionary; I am neither fish nor fowl - I am an unfinished man".

1. Aria Fra Diavolo (D.Auber "Fra Diavolo")
2. Lenski's Aria (P.Tchaikovsky "Eugene Onegin")
3. The Duel Scene (P.Tchaikovsky "Eugene Onegin", Onegin - E.Belov)
4. Romance of Dubrovsky (E. Napravnik "Dubrovsky")
5. Recitative and Romance of Sinodal (A.Rubinstein "The Demon")
6. Duke's Ballade (G.Verdi "Rigoletto")
7. Duke's Song (G.Verdi "Rigoletto")
8. Rodolfo's Aria (G.Puccini "La Boheme")
9. Amid the bustling ball (P.Tchaikovsky)
10. It was at the beginning of the spring (P.Tchaikovsky)
11. Why? (P.Tchaikovsky)
12. Amid the dreary days (P.Tchaikovsky)
13. The Song of Love (L.Biscardi)
14. Tell me, maidens (R.Falvo)
15. Serenade (E.Tozelli)
16. Troika (P.Bulakhov)
17. Serenade from the music for the play "Don Quixote" (T.Khrennikov)
18. Russia (A.Novikov)
19. A small bird (A.Dubuk)
20. I remember that marvelous moment (M.Glinka)
21-38 A concert program "A day of the music of P.Tchaikovsky" (S.Lemeshev speaks and sings, among the pieces: "Not a reaction, not a word, not a welcoming", "A reconciliation", "I want to put it in a single word", "There in the window twinkles in the shadows", "A lullaby in a storm", "My little Liza", "I have opened the window", "We sat together", "Why?", "A nightingale", "The song of the gypsy", "It was at the beginning of the spring")

A unique pioneer video collection of the television recordings of P.Lisitsian. This collection can be considered a video-illustration to the audio-recordings collection of P.Lisitsian, which belongs to the same series (2 discs - "Romances, arias of P.Thaikovsky" and "Arias from operas, romances, songs")

Unlike the first disk "Sings Sergey Lemeshev", which featured mainly studio recordings, this disk offers live performances of Lemeshev. The recordings of Pavel Lisitsian are adding to what already been offered in the video-album "Sings Pavel Lisitsian". The videos of I.Maslennikova are the only ones that were possible to find to this day.